Temperature was in the 70's here the past two days but that's about to come to an end tonight. It was just too nice to do much in the shop.

 

Just a heads up for those near Secaucus, NJ. Our most generous sponsor Easy Wood Tools will be at the Woodworking Show there-

 

Click on the image for more details and ticket information.

 

 

Last weeks "Wednesday's..." started a great discussion on pricing your work. @DAB asked about how we set the price on our turnings. Check out what our turners had to say. 

 

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker sent me a link for a fantastic turner named Virgil Leih. I had not known of him but I can say when he does something- he goes BIG! I really think you will enjoy watching what he does!!  Thanks, Steve!

 

 

 

 

@difalkner posted some Longworth Chuck plates he made

 

There  was a great discussion about the layout of the arcs. Read all of the information-

 

 

 

@HandyDan came up with an inspired way to add treads to a project. You really need to see this tutorial!

 

Read the complete step-by-step-

 

 

 

@RustyFN posted some pictures of prepping a log into future bowl blanks

 

He also received some advice about sealing the blanks to help slow down the cracking-

 

 

 

@Gene Howe sent me a link to a turner and machinist. Gene was at a gathering of Arizona woodturners and Jerry Marcantel was demonstrating some of the turning devices he has developed. Here is a video from Jerry's YouTube channel. He has other videos there as well. Thanks, Gene!!

 

 

This link is to his website- https://www.woodturnerstools.com/ . He has some beautiful turnings posted there.

 

 

 

A short video from Mike Peace making a shaving brush. Not extremely difficult and would probably make a nice present for someone.

 

 

Safe Turning

Glad you were able to enjoy some of the spring-like weather Lew

Another fantastic weekly update & recap. Kudos to you!

@Steve Krumanaker's video was very interesting and well worth watching by all here at TPW.

I hate to use an overused term, but that video was AWESOME Lew.  Thanks to you and Steve for getting this up on here for us!

Lots of good stuff again this week Lew, thanks. Mike Peace is one of those turners who just don't get enough credit and a really nice guy.

 

Steve

Wow Lew you wrote a book this week with all of it interesting as all get out.  Thanks for the nod on my threading tutorial.

well, finally reached an agreement on that cherry bowl i made.  everyone is happy.

 

gave this topic a little more thought this AM while i was down in the shop finishing my wife's desk top (refinish) and listening to a John MacArthur sermon.  wiping on poly gives you time to think.

 

and this thought came to me:  everything i make is unique, just as every person is unique.  i don't run a factory that makes many copies of the same thing from a pile of raw materials.  so if you are in the market for a commodity, you expect to pay commodity prices.  but i'm not making a commodity, i'm making one of a kind, unique things, so you are paying for that aspect.

 

anyway, little bit of snow coming down.  yay.

@Grandpadave52 Thank You. Mr. Leih's setup is certainly something to see!

 

@Cal Thanks!

 

@Steve Krumanaker Thank You! I really enjoy his videos.

 

@HandyDan Thanks! And Thank You for creating a great tutorial on how you did it. We all really appreciate your work!

 

@DAB Thank You! Glad you received a satisfactory price for your turning. I completely agree about the difference between a commodity and a unique object. Most of my stuff is always "one-off"